"Dead or alive, you're coming with me."

In the world of movies, the Terminator rules as everyone's favourite robot. Most likely, he's my fav too, but very close to him, is RoboCop. In my eyes, one of the best movies of the 80's for many reasons. Some of the best action, violence and comedy with some sci-fi aspects worked in as well. 
The story is about a rookie cop named Alex Murphy (Peter Weller), who gets a new partner Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) and almost right away they are put to the test. They chase a truck full of criminals to an abandoned warehouse and in the process Murphy gets blown to pieces by at least a dozen shotgun shots. When he dies, his brain is taken and used in a program called RoboCop. A robot/police officer made the mega-corporation called Omni Consumer Products or OCP.
When he first awakes RoboCop doesn't remember that he was Murphy. All he knows is that he was made to uphold the law and follow his directives. The men that killed him are still on the loose and committing crimes on the streets, lead by Clarence Boddicker, played by Kurtwood Smith (yes, that's Red from That 70's Show). What RoboCop doesn't know is that Boddicker is secretly working for Dick Jones, senior president of OCP, who hates the RoboCop program and wants it terminated.
While RoboCop and Lewis are after these thugs, Robocop begins to remember his old life and his family that he had. He's not supposed to go near them or the house, but he does anyways, which doesn't help out his situation. When RoboCop creator, Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer), is killed, it's up to RoboCop to remember what matters most and finish Boddicker and his men.
When this movie first came out it was huge and it still is, to most movie lovers. There isn't one bad thing about it, except for maybe Kurtwood Smith is already balding in '87 and looks like a very nerdy criminal. He makes up for it with his tough attitude and dickish lines. The effects in the movie are well done and add to all the explosions and action. The effects get even better when the blood and gore come in, like when Murphy gets killed and when Emil (one of Boddicker's thugs) gets melted by a vat of toxic waste.
Much like The Terminator, RoboCop has many one-liners that always stick with the viewers, but to me RoboCop's are more thought out and not as generic as Schwarzenegger's. Even know Peter Weller isn't really shown a lot in the movie, his voice acting for RoboCop works great with how viewers think he should sound, by looking RoboCop's build and manner.
The story in RoboCop is definitely one of the best original ideas in all of sci-fi films, and will always be on anybodies sci-fi and even action list, mine forsure.
The Dvd isn't a special edition, but has a cool cover sleeve that has a 3-D reflection picture. When you move it the picture changes from RoboCop with his mask on to RoboCop with is mask off. Then the Dvd case cover has the original Robocop movie picture. It also has one review. "The Best Action Movie of the Year!," says the Los Angeles Times. RoboCop was released in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven. Released by Orion Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and 20th Century Fox.

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RoboCop: #498